Push-motor.



. E. JOHNSON.

PUSH MOTOR.

APPLIOATION FILED KAY 2g, 191s.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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PUSH MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1913.

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Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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WIT/VE'SS'S ERIK JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PUSH-MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

Application filed May 22, 1913. Serial No. 769,240.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERIK JOHNSON, a citizenof the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPush-Motors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in push motors or foot propelledriding devices for children and more particularly to an improved handleconstruction for such devices; ahandle,non-vibrating, is provided whichmay be retained rigidly in an upright position for use when the deviceis used strictly as a push motor and the operator is standing up andmeans also provided for inclining the handle in the direction of thefront or the rear of the device so that in the first inclined positionmentioned the handle can be used as a tongue to draw the device along orin the second inclined position mentioned the handle may be grasped bythe passenger seated in the vehicle by which he can guide it while themotive power may be supplied by someone pushing at the rear of themachine or by foot power supplied by the passenger.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed in the following specification, pointed out in the claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of saidspecification and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedpush motor. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a perspective of a portion ofthe handle. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is aside elevation of Fig. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of-Fig. 3 in theposition of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a view of Fig. 5 with the parts in analtered position.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

1 is the frame of my push motor provided with side traction-wheels 2, 2and a front wheel 3 and 4 is the seat carried upon sup ports 5 securedto the frame. 6-is a front fork carrying the axle of the front wheel andprovided with a bearing 7 for the front end of the frame 1. The upperend of the fork 6 is diminished in diameter and rounded as at 8 whichportion is formed with a slot for the reception of a portion of atransverse bar 9 which handle-is pivoted as at 12, 12 to the said fork6. Above the slots 1Q in the handle 11 said handle is provided with awood filling or body portion 13 which is formed with a cavity 14 in itslower end for the reception of a portion of a spring 15 the lower end ofwhich rests upon the bar 9 to normally retain the same in the positionbest illustrated in Fig. 3 showing the handle 11 and fork 6 lockedtogether. In this figure and in full lines in Fig. 1 the handle is shownin upright position in which positon it is rigidly retained by lockingmeans just described and the locking means is such as to be releasableand at the same time while in operative position provides a handle ofthis class devoid of any vibration due to the operation of the hushmotor. To incline the handle forward or to the .position shown at A,dotted, in Fig. 1 the bar 9 is manually raised against the tension ofthe 'spring 15 until it is out of engagement with the fork 6 when thehandle can be moved upon its pivots independently of said fork forward;

in like manner it can be moved backward to B in Fig. 1.

What is claimed is 1. Ina push motor the combination with the frame, ofa front fork comprisin a round diminished portion slotted at its reeextremity, a slotted handle pivoted to said fork and locking meanscarried b said handle for releasable engagement with the slotted portionof said fork.

2; In a push motor the combination with the frame, of a front forkcomprising a rounded diminished portion slotted at its free extremity, aslotted handle .pivoted to said fork, a body portion, formed in saidhandle, above its slotted portion, formed with a cavity, a springdisposed in said body portion and 'a bar normally disposed in theslotted portions of said handle and fork in frictional engagement withsaid spring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two subscriblng witnesses.

. ERIK JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

HARRIET S. SALISBURY, SARAH M. HATCH.

